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Again..no race mentioned here...YOU brought race in. My analogy was such that Archie never changes despite what happens in the world around him...which fits you exactly. Progress...who needs it meathead!

Again..no race mentioned here...YOU brought race in. My analogy was such that Archie never changes despite what happens in the world around him...which fits you exactly. Progress...who needs it meathead!

The change that Archie was afraid of was of all the people of different races and ethnicities moving in around him and that he had to interact with in his daily life, you brilliant sunnavabitch. Here is a refresher lesson if you're so inclined. You for some reason compared me to Archie Bunker. Therefore, you brought race into a thread that was unnecessary....again.

I walked by the plaza yesterday during the springlike weather and every table was filled with people, and none appeared to be homeless.

The community--the people who actually LIVE HERE--are enjoying the plaza whether the complainers like it or not.

Not my experience the other beautiful day a couple days ago. But granted you're telling the truth, are random days where this might happen more important to you than possible shuttered storefronts and fathers who may now have trouble putting food on the table?

You already said you don't live in the neighborhood. So the ONE TIME you walked by the plaza was much more random than the multiple times I walk by it. And when I walk by I see people sitting at the tables (provided it's not 20 degrees when people don't tend to sit outdoors at tables).

You are choosing to be hardheaded about this issue. It's nice that you support your friend the business owner, but if she really cared about what's going on in the neighborhood, she would have made an effort to attend the multiple meetings where all the traffic changes were being discussed over the past two years.

It seems she didn't and now you are pissed off on her behalf for her carelessness. Well, I guess that makes you a supportive friend, but a very ill-informed and closed-minded person.

My friend is doing just beautifully. She's not near that block. That's got nothing to do with anything.

And again, why should I believe what I am told about what went on during these meetings? The other guy who attempted to link me some info on it failed. Take a look back and you'll see that.

Bottom line is that during these incredibly tough economic times, budget money going towards stuff like this is insane. Especially when working class folk are being adversely affected by it. If you wanna re-visit crap like this when the budget is nice and overflowing, then that's great. But when the mayor will inevitably throw some essential services on the chopping block (like he always does) in his yearly budget proposal, then one has to do a giant face-palm.

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